Who says you need practice to be perfect?

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Actors who've been in the biz for years without ever snagging an Academy Award probably shake their heads and sigh when they think about these six celebrities rounded up by Biography.com —all of whom won Oscars for their film debuts. A sampling:

There were quite a few before North West...

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Did Kim Kardashian and Kanye West take the prize for Weirdest Baby Name of All Time when they named their daughter North West? You be the judge: ETOnline rounds up the latest in strange celebrity monikers:

Poppy, daughter of Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer. (Moyer's has a daughter from

Get ready—it could happen again tonight

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Quite a few people will be shocked if Argo doesn't win Best Picture at the Oscars tonight—but history has shown that it could happen. Celebuzz rounds up the 18 biggest Academy Awards upsets:

When Adrien Brody won Best Actor for The Pianist, he beat out four previous Oscar

Not all child stars are like Lindsay Lohan...

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Sometimes child stars grow up to be Lindsay Lohan. Other times, they get nominated for an Oscar at age 14 and grow up to be Jodie Foster. Huffington Post rounds up the latter in its slideshow of the 25 youngest Academy Award nominees and winners, all of them aged 20...
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'True Blood' babies doing well

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It's time to raise two glasses to Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer: The True Blood stars are new parents to twins, reps confirm to Us . "The babies were born a few weeks early, but are in good health and both Mom and Dad are overjoyed," says a...
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'True Blood' co-stars due in the fall

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Get excited, vampire fans: True Blood co-stars and real-life husband and wife Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer are having a baby. Their reps confirmed the pregnancy to Entertainment Weekly ; it will be Paquin's first child, but Moyer has two already. Paquin, who married Moyer in 2010 , is due in...
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Critics don't find much to love in wedding melodrama

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A group of 30ish Yale alumni reunite and suffer assorted life crises the night before a wedding in the Romantics, a melodrama that hasn't won the hearts of many critics. The ensemble cast includes Katie Holmes, Josh Duhamel, and Anna Paguin.

Albinos, scars also trendy in modeling these days

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The fashion industry is bored with perfection. This year, the most sought-after models are gracing runways with offbeat looks: albino coloring, tattoos and piercing, and gap teeth. Especially gap teeth. High-profile ad campaigns are snapping up models with space between their two front teeth, and the look is also hot...
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Costars tie the knot at private residence in California

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Anna Paquin’s True Blood character might be involved in a love triangle, but in real life, Paquin has settled on Vampire Bill, aka Stephen Moyer. The couple, who got engaged a year ago, wed last night near the beach in Malibu, Us reports. Guests included at least one True ...
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McAfee ranks most dangerous celebrity search terms

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Searching for Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts, or Jessica Biel is risky business, warns online security company McAfee. The stars top the company's annual list of the most dangerous celebrities to search for online, the AP reports. The celebs are used as bait by scammers seeking to lure people to malicious...
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Show's creator: Vampires are 'all about sex'

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This week Rolling Stone puts three True Blood stars on its cover—stark naked and streaked in blood. In a preview of the sure-to-be-buzzed-about cover story, creator Alan Ball says his show, unlike other vampire franchises (ahem, Twilight ), is all about sex. "The idea of celibate vampires is...
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True Blood actress comes out for PSA

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Anna Paquin is engaged to her—male—True Blood costar Stephen Moyer, but the actress just announced she is bisexual. The 27-year-old, who previously dated Kieran Culkin and has never publicly discussed her sexuality before, filmed a PSA for the Give a Damn Campaign , launched by Cyndi Lauper. Other celebs,...
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Fangs a lot, gush new True Blood fans

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The sizzling TV vampire series True Blood is ringing just as true with British audiences as with American fans. Why? Brits love the "gripping blend of southern American small-town mentality and hideous murders" in the series peopled by "Daisy Duke" Anna Paquin and her "chisel-cheeked" lover played...
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Kinky sex meets social commentary

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Critics are gushing about HBO's hit True Blood, which manages to marry kinky vampire sex to social commentary, writes Gina Bellafante in the New York Times. The barrier-busting series touches on gay marriage, racial profiling, capitalism run amok, and right-wing religious extremism. In the current season, a crazed Christian cult...
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Sassy Anna Paquin has absolutely no trouble stripping down for scenes in HBO's steamy series Tru Blood, she tells Nylon in a let-it-all-hang-out interview. "I'm sorry, maybe there are women who keep their bras on while they have sex. I don't happen to be one of them," quips...
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